Method of making books by machinery.



No. 805,811. PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905. J. ORTLA.

METHOD OF MAKING BOOKS BYMAGHINERY. APPLICATION FILED NAILS, 1905.

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No. 805,811. PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905. J. ORTLA.

METHOD OF MAKING BOOKS BY MACHINERY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.3, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

JOSEPH ORTLA, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HERBERT M. PLIMPTON & OO., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A FIRM.

METHOD OF MAKING BOOKS BY MACHINERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed Ma c 3, 1905. Serial No. 248,276.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH ORTLA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Methods of Making Books by Machinery, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the method herein described for making books by machinery, whereby the structure of the book is improved and strengthened and whereby its appearance is changed from that of the case-book to that of the extra or hand-made book.

The case-book as now manufactured is so constructed as to have some undesirable featuresfor instance, the back of the cover does not snugly fit the back of the book, the sides of the cover are loosely attached to the book by means of grooved joints, and the book itself is secured to the sides of the cover in an undesirable and imperfect way.

By the method herein described I am enabled to overcome these objections in the manufacture of machine-made books.

In practicing my method I attach to the body of the book, which consists of any desired number of signatures sewed together in the usual way by machine-laid stitches, two or more attaching-leaves reinforced by cloth linings,.if desired, and combined with the sig natures, by means of sections of themselves, which are turned inward from their inner edges andunited within the inner edges to portions of the signatures against which they are, and which brings the united seams between the attaching leaves and the body of the book, between them and the body of the book. The inner ends of these attachingleaves thus form a hinge of a peculiar character for securing the sides of the cover of the book to it, and the book is then completed by compressing the attaching-leaves and the signatures and rounding the back without raising along the edges at the back the usual ridges or extensions, which are raised or formed in the case-book as now constructed This permits the back of the cover to closely fit the back of the book, enables a narrower back to be used, and also allows the sides of the cover to be as closely joined to the coverback as are the cover sides of hand-made books. The body is then united to such a cover by securing the attaching-leaves to the inner faces of the cover sides by adhesive material.

The result of the method is the production of a book by machinery which has none of the ear marks of the usual machinemade book, but has the appearance and qualities of a hand-made book.

I will now describe the invention in conjunction with the drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein Figures 1 to 5 show different forms of attaching-sections. Fig. 6 shows the attaching-sections as secured to the end signatures before the end signatures are secured to the remainder of the signatures of the book by machine-sewing. Fig. 7 shows the body of the book and the attaching-sections before the book has been compressed and rounded. Fig. 8 shows the body of the book as compressed and rounded. Fig. 9 represents it as attached to its cover and also the form of cover. Fig. 10 is a view in perspective of the complete book. Figs. 11 and 12 represent the method when the attaching-sections are united to the body of the book after all the signatures have been secured together.

The body A of the book is made up of any desired number of signatures a, which are united together by machine-sewing in the ordinary manner of a case-book.

B B are the attaching-sections of the book that is, the means by which the body of the book is completed and attached to the cover and in practicing my method I form these sections of the book with narrow extensions 6, folded outward from the back edge Z), and I unite these inward extensions to the sides of the body of the book by adhesive material or by stitching, preferably by stitching, as at I), through half the signatures on each side. The outer portions 6 of the attaching-sections are then secured, preferably by adhesive material, to the sides 0 0 of the cover O. I prefer that the sections Z1 be of about the size of a leaf, and I also prefer to reinforce the attaching-sections by means of cloth reinforces b at the back. The attaching-sections may be united to the end signatures of the book-body before they are machine-sewed together, or they may be attached to the end signatures after they have been sewed together and before they are secured to the sides of the cover. They are with the body of the book compressed to a flat form, and the back thereof is rounded with-! out materially thickening the back or providing extensions along each edge, as is now common with case-books. By doing away with these extensions and by making the union between the body of the book and the covers of the character specified the form of cover to which I have referred may be applied to the book and the advantages in appearance and construction to which I have also referred may be obtained.

This method also permits of the attachment of the fly-leaves at both ends of the book to the portions of the signatures adjacent to them, and this at the time of securing the signatures to the attaching sections or leaves. This provides for an economy in construction, as it does away with the separate handling and attachment of the fly-leaves, and it also improves the manner of attachment, as it dispenses with the use of glue or other adhesive material for securing the inner edges of the fiy-leaves to the cover sides and adjacent signatures, a very undesirable manner of attachment because it tends to make a stifl' connection of the parts at the hinge and to prevent the book from being opened wide and lying open.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States The method of making books by machinery herein described,consisting in sewing together the signatures of the book, securing attachingsections to the end signatures thereof by attaching said signatures to the inner portions of folds or reversely-extending pieces at the back edges ofthe attaching-sections, compressing the whole and rounding the back of the book without materially increasing the thickness of the book, closely fitting the back of the cover to the book, and fastening the cover thereto by means of the attaching-sections.

JOSEPH ORTLA.

WVitnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, M. E. FLAHERTY. 

